Mid distance stuff

Not a usual LG session last night on the track. Not much rep and lots of recovery which meant a lot of lactic and it was so tough.

5 x 400m with 3 mins passive recovery. Ended up jogging a bit between reps trying to loosen up and get the lactic out before the next. The last two were unbelievably hard. The recovery doesn't help, giving you ages to think about the pain. Trained with Jasper the whole way through. We gotta learn to rotate the lead better, we both reckon we could've taken a second off some of them had we switched up who was leading.

I led the last one but Jasper was out the front the first four. It pretty much ended up whoever sat in felt better in the last 100m. At the end I lay on the track for a bit, Jasper tried to stand and almost passed out that was pretty classic. Sammy looked like he was on deaths door and young Liam, who smashed it, looked like he could've done 10. Everyone was complaining about headaches including myself, but the cooldown had most feeling better.

60, 60, 60, 61, 63

A bit annoyed with the last one, but Lesley said that was meant to happen. 9.2km all up.


Out this morning before work for an easy run. 12km at 4:41s. Legs were heavy after last night but got around okay. 3 strides to finish off. On my feet all day, knackered now, everything is sore.

Ferny

Back at Ferny creek yesterday for the normal long run. 19.3km in 1:32:36, good run. Ran with Sam just ahead and JB and Will just behind. Everyone normally does their own thing at Ferny, sometimes I rate the serenity. 

86.2km for the week. Did some core in the afternoon as I couldn't get to strength. Had to choose majors and minors, let's hope they work out.

Hills ft Trev

Struggled to get myself out of bed Saturday morning, knackered after a long day Friday. Hills were really tough, felt good about halfway through but it caught up to me quick.

1:11, 1:11, 1:12, 1:10, 1:11, 1:12, 1:14, 1:16

23:20 all up. Chilled out for the rest of the day except for more work in the evening. Bought myself a PS4 as well so I'll get the sessions going on MWR.

Hospitality

Double shift today, squeezed in a run at lunchtime. Just 4.8km at 4:42s plus 3 quick strides. Felt great running on grass. Hills tomorrow.

Thursday beats

11.2km easy with Jasper, Will and JB in 51:48 (4:38s). Felt rough as at the start, still knackered from last night, but halfway in I was fine. No strides but got the music going at strength. Really tough session, hungry and tired by the end. Cycled home solo wishing I brought an extra coat, busy day tomorrow.

6 x 800

Rocked up to training last night, but no core again so did my own thing before the warm up. Felt good on the strides but decided to take it out easy as it would be a rough session to blow up on. 400m jog recovery between reps. 

Trained with Jasper alternating the lead into the slight headwind on the last 200m of each rep. We were on the outside loop, not on the track so everything is a touch slower there. Managed to summon up a good last rep, not often you see that from my build. Kicked at 400m to go and just held on, the last bit really hurt. 

2:35, 2:32, 2:33, 2:35, 2:35, 2:28

Then onto the track for 6 x 100 on, 100 off. Nobody really knew how many to do as Lesley wasn't particularly clear in divulging the session, so 6 reps seemed fair enough to me. Got around alright although everything was really sore after a lot of hard work.

Jogged a cool down with Sam for 15.6km all up. Haven't done a massive session like that in so long so pretty tired right now. Strength tonight should be hard as I've had to ditch it the past two weeks because of the races.

Caulfield

Great run at Caulfield on Tuesday night with Jasper, Declan and young Beau. Looking forward to going barefoot again once the weather brightens up permanently. 12km at 4:36 pace. Stepped it up in the last few km.